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Scaly-feathered weaver

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Species of bird

Scaly-feathered weaver
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Ploceidae
Genus: Sporopipes
Species: S. squamifrons
Binomial name
Sporopipes squamifrons
(Smith, 1836)

The scaly-feathered weaver (Sporopipes squamifrons), also known as the scaly-feathered finch, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Adult at the spherical grass nest

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Sporopipes squamifrons". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22718684A94592198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22718684A94592198.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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Family: Ploceidae
GenusSpecies
Bubalornis
Dinemellia
Sporopipes
Plocepasser
Histurgops
Pseudonigrita
Philetairus
Ploceus
Pachyphantes
Malimbus
Anaplectes
Brachycope
Quelea
Foudia
Euplectes
Amblyospiza
Taxon identifiers
Sporopipes squamifrons


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